#9E8A30#9E8A30

#9E8A30 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.111 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8A30
RGB	rgb(158, 138, 48)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 69.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.71, -2.92, 48.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.71, 49.02, 93.41°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% -0.0125 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.111 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.7237, 25.6607, 6.4991)
Luminance	0.2566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8A30 #30449E

analogous

#9E5330 #9E8A30 #7B9E30

triadic

#9E8A30 #309E8A #8A309E

tetradic

#9E8A30 #309E53 #30449E #9E307B

square

#9E8A30 #309E53 #30449E #9E307B

split-complementary

#9E8A30 #307B9E #53309E

monochromatic

#403813 #6F6122 #9E8A30 #C6AF45 #D5C374

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#9E8A30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#9E8A30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8A30

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8A30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8A30	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8a30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 138, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.111 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beab6d',
    500: '#9e8a30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8a30;
$custom-light: #beab6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8a30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 53.398,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6345,
    "c": 0.11052,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8A30

secondary

#6D7CBD

accent

#66DD4B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8A30

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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